Corset



`lime 19, 1923.

C. H. SCHOPBACH CORSET Filed oct. 15. 1921 Vunire straws i m um.

i masas CHnnLns'H.' scHorBAcH, or AURORA, ILLrNorsAssrGNoR, @INTERNATIONAL coR SET coMrANY, or AURORA, rLL'rNoIs; A coRroRA'rIoN or ILLrNoIs.

l CORSET.

`lippncatimi iiiea'october 15,4921. ASerial No. 507,850.

State of Illinois, have invented certainnew and. useful Improvements in,` Corsets; of which the following is a specification, vreference being had tothe accompanyingv draw,-

ings, and,tov the referencel characters-cniarlredk thereon, which form a part-'of this specifi-v cation. y j

This invention relates to improvementsV` in corsets, P: y

Corsets made of fabric and stays' are laced closely to, they body, of the wearer, whi `;h`

tends to heat the person and are, therefore, more `or less uncomfortable. -1 Various means have heretofore beendevised. .to ventilate these articles by introducing holes or apertures to-permit more or less air to reach the body ofthe wearer,but nothing has heretofore beenjdevised to relieve the wearerat the waistline where aplurality 4of thickness lof wearing apparel including closely woven waistbands are usually superposed over the corset. v l Q.

One of the objects of the present invention, therefore, is the devisingy of a. corsethaving Ventilating means at the waist; line.`-

Another object is to produce a corset wherein the two-mainbody portions lare each provided withthe usualcwide hipv section, a narrow, horizontallyl disposed upper section anda narrow, interemdiate waist section,`di

` viding and yet joining the hip and the top sections,saidintermediate section being a ventilated-section sorconstruct'ed asto properly resist longitudinal stress when the body j sectionsare drawn together laterally bythe yThese objectsandfthe various advantages of my new garment willibe manifest asIproceed with my specification.

My invention, therefore, consists in the 4 illustrated and described, and pointed out in the appended claims. f i v In that form inwhich I `have illustrated my invention, inthe' accompanying draw- 5 ings,'- Y1 Fig. 1 is a perspective view YofaJ front devices and combinations of devices herein laced corset embodying my;` invention, y :dislerica,

.tendedpas in use, with the front closed `by @theusualhooksandeyes,and some ofgthe Y garters'traps broken away; ,F1g.;2is 'a front elevation, enlarged,gof a .part o'f "onecf thebody portions showing more clearly the arrangementof a portion of the intermediate Ventilating section.l

Eig, Sis avverticall sectional view, still vfurther enlarged, ,through ,the parts shown in Fig. 2, the section being taken in the Fig- 1 is ahorizontal sectionall view,y on the. saniescalevas that of Fig. 2, through a part of vthe intermediate, Ventilating section,

`plane indicated by the dotted line3,-3 of i the viewy being taken in the plane indicated bythe dotted line 4 4 ofFig. 2; j

VF.ig. Sisv a vertical sectional lviewthrough' the partsA shown in Fig. 2,-thek section being taken'inthe plane indicated bythe dotted line 5 '5 lof Fig. 2, and being on the vsame gk scale as thatvof Figsand 4. A .c

Referring now'to thedrawings,jthe letter VA indicates, as awhole.-a front-laced, low ycorset, i. e., oney in which the upper portion is ldesigned lto -Vapproachqbutvr not to .cover V the-bust of thewearerg It is composed of two main body portions, indicated as a whole 'fbyf the letters a, ag, securely4 joinedtogether ,3 at the baclrjby afvertically disposed portion,

indicated, as a whole, by they letterB. The' l Y mgainbody portions ma, are joined together at their proximate front marginsrby the .usual arrangement ,ofahooks l and studs 2 placed upon the vertically disposedfabrc covered stiil'ening strips 3, which coact withy suitableeyes et upon averticallydisposed stitfening strip' on the front' marginof the bodyrmember a. Intermediate the strip. 3l Vand the front marginproper 6 of the body portionv gal is ,a vertically. disposed lacing portion/, provided with a. plurality of vertically `arranged, eyelets 8.

The adjacent part of the strip 3 is also provided with a plurality ofeyeletsQ, and the Strip 3l and portion 7 are adjustably joined together by lacings l0 which pass through the eyelets,

The garter straps o, b, are shown attached to and depending from the lower margin of the body portions a, a.- I

Each body portion a, a', comprises an upper section 11, a lower section 12, and an 1ntermediate section 13. The lower section 12 'is wide and extends substantially from 'the the upper section 11 is relatively narrowjjto form what is called a low bust corset.

14 is a vertically disposed stieningstrip to which the iront marginal ends of the upper and lower sections '-111 and 12 of the'body portion a are secured by vertical rows of stitches inthe usual manner, the edge lof the vertically disposed stiffening strip `5 lbe'i-ng similarly attached V-to the stil'eningstrp 14. The end of the Ventilating strip 13 -is similai-ly secured t'o-the verticallyAarrangedstififening strip 142. rlhe Jforward margins -o the upper and .lowersections 11 and .12 of the body portion aand -thef-end-ofz-thelintermediate strip 13, are similarly secured to the vertically yarranged stieni-ng strip 15. Other vertically disposed stiffening strips such as indicated at 16, `17, 18 and 19, will besecured tothe body portions a, a', in such number and with itwo or more rows of stitches, as may be desired. The body portion a of thecorsetiscomposed of-two pieces of fabric 120, 21, which form theouter and inner surfaces, respectively, of the garment.

The intermediate section 13 of each-body portion a, a, isat the-waist line and is what I herein call a-Ventilating section. Eachintermediate Ventilating section 13 is secured to the lower margin-of the -top body-sections 1-1 and to the-upper margin ofthe lower-body sections 12 by horizontal rowsof stitches, as shown. The ventilated section lf3 shown'i-n Fig. 1 on thebody portion a is illustratedfin part, but on a larger scale, in 'F ig. -2. "-I will now describe the construction ofsaid section 13more in detail.

The section 13 comprises a -mainmember 22 and a 'plurality of spaced-apart transversely disposed vshortermembers-23. AQne end of the member 22 extends into'thestiening strip 1&1 and islheld securely by' the row of/vertical stitches 24its other end being fastened by the vertical row of lstitches which secures the stiifening strip "17. The

member 22 is also securedV intermediate its ends by the-rows of stitches 25 in the stiftening strip 16, as more clearly seenin F ig. 2. The ends ofthe shorter members23 are laid between thefi'abric 20,' 21,*ofthetop section 11,.and ot the body section 12. V'The upper ends of these members 23 ex'- tend above the lower margin oi' the top section 11 into: a pocket 'formed Yby spacing Athe fabric 20 and 21 vat this ,point and by parallel rows of Ahorizontally vrari stitches ranged stitching 26 and 27. The row of stitching 26 passes through the members 23. Similarly, the upper margins of the fabric ,2O and 21, composing theVl lower section 12, of the corset, are spaced apart to 'form a pocket into which the lower ends of the inembers-23 -proj ect, sai d `pocket Vbeing for-med by parallel rows and horizontally disposed 28 and 29. The rows of stitches 2S pass through the members 21. Parallel rows of stitching 30 and 31 pass through the :horizontal 4member 22 and the transversely arranged members 23 thus secure these parts together. -By crossing the .member 22 and -themembers 23, the `latter spaced at .ingte'rvalls, there 4are `formed on either side of the member 22, Ventilating spaces :32, .as shown.

From the foregoing, vit will .be seen thatthe corset comprises two mai-n .portions a, a',

v and `that each portion is composed of three sections-z anupper section, a lower section,

and an vintermediate Ventilating section."`

The intermediate Ventilating section is at the waistil-ine-where great comfortris afforded to the wearer of the garment by reason of the vVentilating spaces 32.

n will also `te noted there@ @meer is irmly and strongly constructed andthe fact that the Vmain member 22 ofthe Ventilating section extends horizontally andis rfastened at its ends securely tothe vertical stay strips '15 and 1'7 and secured also Vby the inter- 7 lmediate vertical stay strip 16, prevents any misshaping or undue strain of the parts by reason' of the act otting the corsetvby lac-r ing. The i'act that the transverse members 23 of the intermediate section are securedfby horizontal rows of stitching tothe bottom of l'the 'top section and the top ofthe vbody section, aiords a verygrm, strong structure, and preventsthe corset from getting out of shape.

I claim as my invention:

v1. A corset comprising two main members, each comprising a main/body section, a relatively narrowtop section and an inter mediate Ventilatingl section located .at the waistline, a plurality of vertically disposed stiffening strips secured to the top,kv bottom and intermediate sections, said intermediate section also being secured `to the top ,and

bottom sections of thecorset.

12. A-frontlaced corset, each half of which comprises a main body ,or-hip section, arelatively narrow top section, `and anintermeydiate Ventilating section ilocated at the waistline `and vertically ydisposed stiien-- ing strips extending vtrom the top ofthe bottom of the corset, each lventi'latingmsection having a horizontally extending `central member `and a plurality ofspaced `apart vertical members.A extending transversely ofthe Vfirst mentioned membenfthe top and-bottom ends of the transverse membersl being sey presence of two Witnesses, this 13 day ofV cured to the adjacent margins of the top and f v October, 1921. bottom sections, the ends of the hol'izonn tally extending member being secured to the 5 -front and rear sti'enmg strips. y y Witnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as C. V. FREEDLUND, my invention I aix my signature, in the E. K. HIHT.

omis. H. SCHfOPBAGH. 

